Oya Özarslan

Oya Özarslan has been the chair of Transparency International Turkey since 2008. In this capacity she served as co-chair of the C20 Anti-Corruption Working Group during Turkey's G20 Presidency in 2015, and has been involved in Turkey’s country review processes for the UNCAC and OECD Conventions and for GRECO. In her work with Transparency International Oya has focused on business integrity and created tools for the private sector. In her work on political corruption she focused particularly on politicians’ asset disclosures as well as on election campaign financing. She served as the general coordinator of civil society election monitoring in Turkey in 2013 and 2014. Oya is chair of a women entrepreneurs association and works on issues of gender and corruption. Throughout her career, Oya has worked as an international lawyer. She has law degrees from the universities of Ankara and Austin, Texas. She was elected to the TI board in 2017.